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Maria and AnnMaria — Need parenting advice? 7 Generation Games has got you covered! You probably wouldn’t think of a math and social studies video game company as your first source for parenting advice, or maybe you do, but we’re there for you. That’s why AnnMaria and Maria sat down to record another episode of […]

Need Parenting Advice? We’re There!

September 29, 2016 in 7GenGames tagged 7 Generation Games by Diana Sanchez

Today we had probably our 10th meeting where we declared the iPad version of our upcoming app, Making Camp, “almost done.” That’s not our 10th overall meeting on Making Camp, mind you, but the 10th (or maybe 9th or 11th) time where we went over the game, assigned out tasks […]

When Your Video Game Is Almost, Almost, Almost Done

September 27, 2016 in 7GenGames / Start-up Diaries by Maria Burns Ortiz

buffalo — In my last post, I mentioned that follow-up was one of the keys to getting the most possible out of a conference. The South Dakota Indian Education Summit was no exception. I always try to go to some sessions on topics I know absolutely nothing about. If you know me […]

Art, literacy and the South Dakota Indian Education Summit

September 27, 2016 in 7GenGames by AnnMaria De Mars

Plane — Conferences are expensive. Even if you aren’t at one with a five – or six – figure registration fee, you still are taking days away from work. Probably, you are flying to another state, staying at a hotel and eating in restaurants. Why on earth would you spend all of […]

Four ways to waste your time at a conference

September 27, 2016 in Start-up Diaries by AnnMaria De Mars

Welcome back to another Freebie Friday!! It’s the end of the week and you know that means that we have a freebie in store for you. Today’s freebie comes from our game Forgotten Trail. The freebie is a clip art of the evil being, the Windigo. This clip art is […]

Freebie Friday: Forgotten Trail Clip Art

September 23, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from July 3, 2015 “What would you do if you weren’t doing this?” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Everyone should pause every now and then and ask […]

Throwback Thursday: What would you do if you weren’t doing ...

September 22, 2016 in 7GenGames / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Life is full of ifs…sounds like the beginning of a cheesy quote. However, I don’t see it that way. I am a developer so I know clearly that life is actually full of if’s and else’s. Before getting to the nitty gritty, I’ll start with an example. Here is a […]

If’s, Else’s, and Pugs! Oh My!

September 21, 2016 in Code Talk / Education: Innovation and STEM / Tech Tips by Luis Ceballos

New page with field, trees, deer and a wigwam in the background — Often, people have told us that we should integrate the educational content more tightly with the games. However, that’s prohibitively expensive. The idea that we would have all of our educational content for example spoken by 3D characters in the games, or act it out by, say, catching 125 fish, […]

Making games better – Thanks to you!

September 20, 2016 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars

Aunt Jean from forgotten trail looking at map — It’s that time again when my cofounder and I travel far and wide to tell the world what we are doing with 7 Generation Games. Tuesday through Thursday of this week we are in San Jose, as part of the Innovate and Celebrate Conference sponsored by the Consumer Technology Association and […]

Maria and AnnMaria: the traveling gnomes

September 20, 2016 in 7GenGames / AnnMaria by AnnMaria De Mars

It’s Friday, which means it’s that time again! It’s time for another Freebie Friday! Today’s freebie comes to you from our game Spirit Lake and it’s a powerpoint presentation and pdf on how to compute perimeter. These documents were created to complement the Common Core-aligned Number and Operations in Base […]

Freebie Friday: How To Compute Perimeter

September 16, 2016 in 7GenGames / Freebie Friday tagged 7 Generation Games / Freebie Friday by Diana Sanchez

Going through our archives, we came across this great post by Dr. AnnMaria De Mars from October 21, 2013 “Wonder why girls don’t like math? Look at yourself!” that we wanted to share in case you missed it the first time around. Having taught math myself for the past 30 years, […]

Throwback Thursday: Wonder why girls don’t like math? Look at ...

September 15, 2016 in 7GenGames / Throwback Thursday tagged 7 Generation Games / Throwback Thursday by Diana Sanchez

Eva eats a Lollipop — A better person than me probably would not feel a certain sense of self-satisfaction when an organization closes down. Good for them! Maria and I have been told many times over the years that “There is no money in education” or “All of the money comes from yuppie parents of […]

Why I’m not giving up on middle school kids

September 13, 2016 in AnnMaria / Educational Games by AnnMaria De Mars